Marshall Franklin "Shorty" Guill (September 20, 1897 – May 11, 1931) was an

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and

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player for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the

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. He was a member of the ANAK Society. He graduated with an M. E. in 1918.

Early years

Guill was born in

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on September 20, 1897 to Marshall Abner Guill and Zella Ada Moore.

Georgia Tech

Guill was a prominent

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and end on

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's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team.

1916

He played during Tech's 222–0 rout of

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in 1916.

1917

Guill was a starter for the school's first

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team in

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, which outscored opponents 491 to 17.

1919

Guill played as

for much of

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, shifted to end in the latter part of the year for newcomer Jack McDonough.

Death

He was killed in an automobile collision on the New London-New Haven highway near

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on May 11, 1931. At the time of his death he was connected with the American Moistener Corporation of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guill, Marshall American football ends Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball players Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players 1897 births 1931 deaths Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Sparta, Georgia All-Southern college football players American football quarterbacks Road incident deaths in Connecticut